Talk:Classical architecture/Archive 1
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This article is pretty rubbish. A few random points about ethnic identity and not very much about classical architecture! It doesn't even mention that the ancient Greeks didn't use the arch, whereas the ancient Romans did. I hope no one minds if I give it a bit of a re-write. Yaris678 (talk) 11:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
- I was hoping you would be an expert on the subject, it certainly needs work. I believe the Greek and Roman architecture is 'classical antiquity', and classical architecture is what developed from that, from the Renaissance onward. More research or an expert needed though. ProfDEH (talk) 13:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmm... certainly the Greeks and Romans wouldn't have used the term classical, unless perhaps they were wishing to distinguish one building from another. The modern use of classical architecture starts in the renaissance and is down to Andrea Palladio who studied ancient Greek and Roman architecture and applied the principles to his own buildings. I think Palladio is an example of classicism, but it makes sense to refer to the original as classical, in the same way as classical mythology or, indeed, classical order. Yaris678 (talk) 13:52, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- A prerequisite for editing this article might be John Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture, 1963, often reprinted and still available in paperback.--Wetman (talk) 17:20, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- A good book! We should definitely cite it in our article. It can be accessed through google books
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=57aoJE26kQkC&pg=PA7
- A more recent book, with more pictures, is also available
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WfMknLxaJCwC&pg=PP1
Removed a sentence from the intro - many of the most famous buildings are palazzos / stately homes, not public at all. ProfDEH (talk) 18:11, 3 December 2009 (UTC)